douglas-smith,Collected Works of Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin (9780559128714), Diary of a Goose Girl, Summer in a Canyon [9781434667335], New Chronicles of Rebecca (9781606647561), Penelope's Experiences in Scotland (9781153743709)

"Steven Soderbergh's great, despairing squall of a film [infuses] epic cinematic form with jittery new rhythms and a fresh, acid-washed palette....The performances, by an ensemble from which not a false note issues, have the clarity and force of pithy instrumental solos insistently piercing through a dense cacaphony..." New York Times "...[A] consistently credible drama..." -- 3 out of 4 stars USA Today Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "Owen Gleiberman's BEST MOVIES OF 2000" Entertainment Weekly "...Multi-layered plotting and plenty of pleasing technical flourishes....Douglas is superb..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Total Film "...Its vigorous, unjaded rush of imagery and story makes for an exciting visual experience..." Sight and Sound "...Soderbergh deftly weaves together four stories depicting the causes and effects of the illegal drug trade..." Box Office "...The whole thing feels remarkably fresh, vibrant and new....The movie is adult, intelligent, sweeping yet intimate, nail-bitingly suspenseful, buoyed by an impeccable, uniformly powerhouse cast, and it provides a real perspective on a real issue..." Premiere "...A mosaic of heightened reality....A picture fascinating in its complexit....The technical contributions are adroit and stylish..." Hollywood Reporter "...Complex and ambitious....Yet another indication of how accomplished a filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has become..." Los Angeles Times5.598773

"Steven Soderbergh's great, despairing squall of a film [infuses] epic cinematic form with jittery new rhythms and a fresh, acid-washed palette....The performances, by an ensemble from which not a false note issues, have the clarity and force of pithy instrumental solos insistently piercing through a dense cacaphony..." New York Times "...[A] consistently credible drama..." -- 3 out of 4 stars USA Today Ranked #3 in Entertainment Weekly's "Owen Gleiberman's BEST MOVIES OF 2000" Entertainment Weekly "...Multi-layered plotting and plenty of pleasing technical flourishes....Douglas is superb..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Total Film "...Its vigorous, unjaded rush of imagery and story makes for an exciting visual experience..." Sight and Sound "...Soderbergh deftly weaves together four stories depicting the causes and effects of the illegal drug trade..." Box Office "...The whole thing feels remarkably fresh, vibrant and new....The movie is adult, intelligent, sweeping yet intimate, nail-bitingly suspenseful, buoyed by an impeccable, uniformly powerhouse cast, and it provides a real perspective on a real issue..." Premiere "...A mosaic of heightened reality....A picture fascinating in its complexit....The technical contributions are adroit and stylish..." Hollywood Reporter "...Complex and ambitious....Yet another indication of how accomplished a filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has become..." Los Angeles Times5.598773

Down Beat (p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This is a collection brimming with subtleties, and not just in the soft numbers. A couple of bars of block chords on the title number manage to be both rhythmic and lyric at the same time."JazzTimes (p.47) - "Chestnut, accompanied by bassist Dezron Douglas and drummer Neal Smith, sails determinedly through 10 well-framed, masterfully rendered pieces..."0.3133835